I sort of agree with you. There is too much lack of credible evidence on shadow people.

[edit on 13/10/2007 by OzWeatherman]

Just curious here. What exactly would you call credible evidence of a shadow person? If we can't physically touch them then all we can have is
pictures. No one will believe what they see in the picture is more than just a shadow anyway, so what are people that see them/think they see them
supposed to do to get this evidence?

I have seen strange things out of the corner of my eye. I can't say for sure what it was but I would use the typical shadow person description
just like everyone else. I can't say that I 100% know they exist, but my brother can and does say just that. He says "One night shortly after
moving into my new house I had to go to bed. As I walked into my new bedroom I caught a figure on my dresser mirror out of the corner of my eye(I
figured it was my reflection at first). A few seconds later I remembered that I had not yet put my dresser together and the mirror hadn't been moved
to this house just yet. I turned on the light and seconds later it disappeared." My brother was quite freaked out by this encounter.

Like I said, I don't know personally that they exist or what they would be if they did. What I do know is, if my brother says he saw it, then he
saw it.

Originally posted by Osiris1953 For example one night around this time of year 2006 my wife and I woke up to rather maniacal laughter
coming over the baby monitor. There was nothing unusual in my daughter's room, she was sound asleep, but it still scared the hell out of us. It could
have picked up our next door neighbors that are notoriously loud, but they didn't seem to be up and about. There are a number of other explanations
but it was still rather bizarre. Thanks for your post.

My wife and I did regular trips all over the U.K. on our motorcycles for over a decade and invested in wirefree helmet based communication
intercoms.
At this time the frequency for both motorcycle intercoms & baby monitors was a shared wavelength.
We once heard a demented laughter as you describe which was quite disturbing. This was well after midnight. Sometimes I reflect on this instance and
wonder if we witnessed an E.V.P.

I know its costly and maybe a tad inplausible, but a night vision camera or thermal imaging camera would be a start. But I mean there isnt many that
would go to such a length to prove something like this

You said that you do have another opinion, I would like to hear your full opinion regarding the matter. So far this has been a calm and polite
conversation about shadow people, with that said, I would like to have many different viewpoints.

Agreed. Ghost Hunters do have quite a few episodes where they capture shadow people on camera. Unfortunately, we all know that this will be quickly
debunked as video manipulation by those who would rather not believe at all, let alone consider the possibility, of otherworldly entities.
One thing that is rampantly evident, in regards to the paranormal, is skepticism, which not entirely a bad thing, makes convincing someone there
exists 'proof of the paranormal' (somewhat ironic eh?) much more difficult.
I like to think of the paranormal as normal happenings waiting to be explored.
So, yes, I think shadow people are perfectly possible in the sense that they havent been dis-proven yet ... i mean...why not right?

This reminds me of "shadow rats". At least thats what we used to call em up in NY.

People see them out of the corner of thier eye for a split second. Black objects sometimes people say they look like rats, or cats, or small dogs.
Once in a while they'll say it was a small person.

It's more prevalent in places like drug detoxes and pshyc wards, because of so many sleep deprived people coming off meds/being put on new meds--
there's alot of people who haven't slept for days.

Anyone can see these, especially if your overworked, stressed , but especially if you aren't sleeping well.

It's a trick of the brain. No pshychic phenomena here in my opinion.

Try not sleeping for a week and tell me what you start seeing. Your dreams start to manifest themselves, while your awake, first with shadows, then
well it can get pretty scary from what I've heard if you don't sleep for a good 5-7 days, I'm talking ZERO sleep. Because they (your dreams) have
to have "stage time" in the brain for the subconcious to funtion properly.

Now I'm not saying this accounts for all of this Shadow people stuff, but it might account for some of it.

But alot of people who are seeing these things are awake at night, can't sleep because they are afraid of the "shadow people", unknowingly, they
are causeing the phenomena by depriving themselves of sleep.

Originally posted by Osiris1953
Wow, I'm surprised people haven't jumped all over this yet. lol.

Well honestly I could care less if this person thinks its none sense..
They are clearly mis informed and I guess never had any dealings with shadow people..
Mind you shadow people, are not these "people" who look like shadows..
Sure thats none sense..
Some will get it.. Others will never be able to fathom what is going on in life.. And IM far to tired these days to try and explain it to these
folks..

Its like whatever man.. If you dont belive fine.. But dont make a butt out of yourself by saying its all nonesenes!!! This thread is none sense...

Edit: Sorry there.. I worked all day long and this was the first thread I saw today, and just really got under my skin.. I removed any bad words I
used and was not an attack on OP really other than they didnt do their research and seems to be well set in their ways..

YOu cant teach an old dog new tricks.. And Im just to worn out to try to explain this to them.. Ack! You see thats how they get us!! But thats
another thread! And Im to tired to make that thread! get it?

Though I might have said it different, I'm actually going to have to second the underlying message of the previous poster's comments...

the original post of this thread gave the reasons why one person has decided to not believe there might be shadow people. It was a review of the
reasons why the decision has been made for one person.

That does not equate to proving something to be nonsense. So, the flavor of the whole first post pretty much turns a lot of people off, and I guess
what you'll get is a lot of like-minded people saying - yeah, that's what I've decided to. But you might not act so astounded that no one wants to
waste the energy to point out that your decision not to accept the eye witness accounts and video and photographic evidence available doesn't
actually make the subject nonsense.

I still think these beings are merely invisible, that would explain why they are black and shadowy. I think some could be evil but I feel that most
are beings that wish to be left alone when most people see them while obeing. Maybe when someone sees a shadow person there just checking up on you,
and since no one can tell who they are, there invisibleness would be a good idea. They could be loved ones who don't want the person living to know
it's them and get all excited or freaked out. I don't think any spirit wants to spoil the surprise of life after death.

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